Independent online Taiwan couples rush to wedTaipei - Nearly 7,000 Taiwanese couples were expected to tie the knot in New Year weddings on Saturday - a 20-year high for a single day, the government and media reports said. | Household registratio... (photo: AP / Wally Santana)

Al Jazeera Hindu group protests New Year| Activists of Bharath Sena, a Hindu fundamentalist group, protested outside hotels organising New Year celebration in the city of Coimbatore in India's southern Tamil Nadu state early on Saturday. | ... (photo: AP / Channi Anand)